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British government department headquartered, since 2005, at 2 Marsham Street, Westminster (4,6)

City in which the University of Wyoming is located (7)

Ruling dynasty of the principality of Monaco since January 8, 1297 (8)

Heavy iron or steel block on which metals are hammered during forging (5)

Princess of Colchis who aided Jason in obtaining the Golden Fleece from her father Aeëtes (5)

One of the three Magi, or Wise Men, in Christian tradition; companion of Balthazar and Caspar (8)

Short-tailed Asian marten valued for its dark brown fur; Martes zibellina (5)

Popular music style combining elements of Punjabi folk with Western pop, developed in England from the 1970s (7)

Unit of electrical power equal to a working rate of one million joules per second (8)

Largest city of Nebraska, on the Missouri River opposite Council Bluffs (5)

Showgirl featured in the 1978 Barry Manilow song ‘Copacabana’ (4)

First wife of Jacob and elder sister of Rachel, his second wife (4)

Edible marine decapod crustacean resembling a large shrimp; Palaemon, Penaeus and other genera (5)

Any of various natural or synthetic derivatives of vitamin A, used

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medically to treat skin conditions (8)

Hypothetical elementary particle that travels faster than light (7)

Small digital image used to express feelings or ideas in electronic communication: Japanese, ‘picture letter’ (5)

and 2017 biographical comedy-drama film starring Judi Dench and Ali Fazal (8,3,5)

Capital of the Liguria region of NW Italy; European Capital of Culture in 2004 (5)

Lively Brazilian ballroom dance of African origin, in duple time (5) See Welsh name for Anglesey; also the name of the Parliamentary constituency that covers it (4,3)

Charles Dickens novel revolving around the long-running legal case Jarndyce and Jarndyce (5,5)

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1989 romantic comedy film starring Tom Selleck and Paulina Porizkova (3,5)

Fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter He (7)

Name by which Taiwan was known until the end of the Second World War; Portuguese, ‘beautiful’ (7)

Main currency unit of Nicaragua, divided into 100 centavos (7)

Title character of the 1989 Disney film The Little Mermaid, voiced by Jodi Benson (5)

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Spicy meat soup originating from eastern India; from Tamil, ‘pepper water’ (12)

Screenwriter of films including Forrest Gump and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (4,4)

Greek mythology King of Mycenae who led the Greeks at the siege of Troy (9)

Former national holiday now replaced by Remembrance Sunday in the UK and Veterans Day in the US (9,3)

Island of Venice linked with San Marco Island by a bridge over the Grand Canal (6)

Brandy distilled from the fermented residue of grapes in a winepress (6)

National bird of the United States; Haliaeetus leucocephalus, family Accipitridae (4,5)

Book containing the daily service of the Roman Catholic Church; from Latin, ‘short’ (8)

Michael ___, Sri Lankan-born Canadian author of novels including The English Patient and The Cat’s Table (8)

Ivy League university in Ithaca, New York, founded in 1865 (7)

Largest satellite of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel in 1787 (7)

Character in Shakespeare’s Hamlet to whom the ‘Alas, poor Yorick’ soliloquy was delivered (7)

Exhibition or contest of cowboy skills such as bronco-riding, steer wrangling etc. (5)

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